Franklin Graham: I Called For Barring Muslims Before Trump

“True Muslims know that the ruthless violence of so-called Islamic jihadists goes against the very tenets of our religion”, he added.

“However, I believe in the power of democracy, and I will let the voters decide Mr. Trump’s political future”, she said. “I know why you’re not going to support me: you’re not going to support me because I don’t want your money”, Trump said.

Boxing legend Muhammad Ali chided presidential candidate Donald Trump for wanting to ban Muslim immigration into the USA, but saved his hardest punches for Islamic State militants, calling their killing of innocents a perversion of Islam.

Trump also made remarks that some said promoted Jewish stereotypes.

Netanyahu is widely seen as a Republican Party supporter, but on Wednesday said Israel “respects all religions”.

Among Republicans surveyed, 42 percent said they support the proposal and 36 percent oppose it. Meanwhile, three-quarters of Democrats said they disagree with it, as did 55 percent of independents.

Also on the Thursday Fox program, Trump slammed Time Magazine for its decision to pick German Chancellor Angela Merkel over him as its “Person of the Year” for 2015.

If they were going to do this, they should have informed me prior to my major investment in this £200 million development, which will totally revitalise that vast region of Scotland.

The NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll said 57 percent of adults disagreed with the billionaire businessman, while 25 percent agreed.

Trump pinned the fierce backlash that followed his call for “a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States” on Republican establishment figures and his primary opponents.

“We have people coming into this country, we have no idea who they are”, said Trump. “This is about security, it’s not about religion, and we can not allow people to come into this country who have disgusting things in their minds”. “This is the Americans’ problem, they will choose who they vote for and not us”.

But when an array of Republican leaders criticized his Muslim remarks virtually en masse, Trump warned he may launch a third party campaign.

But Minnesota Democratic Congressman Keith Ellison, the first Muslim elected to Congress, says Trump is running a campaign of “hate and resentment” that disqualifies him from the presidency. “If I win, I want to be unpredictable”. “So far, they, I can’t tell you if they are, but the establishment is not exactly being very good to me”, he said.